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    Posted: February 18 2019 at 03:09
Unfortunately for me Vega didn't resist the test of time  - I saw her back in 2009 (after she having received a Grammy for  "Beauty & Crime") and her stage performance was on the whole a bit of a let down.

Can't imagine today 10 years later 'cause I haven't been following her recently, my bad, don't even know if she keeps performing.
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There is a whole treasure cave of wonderful female singer/songwriters. I now listen to Paula Cole whom is inflenced by both Suzanne Vega and Tori Amos
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Will do!
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

I honestly haven't gotten to know Vega but Tori on the other hand has but out a lot of stuff I rank as great.  On the level Kate Bush.  Fans of both should really check out Happy Rhodes.  If you aren't familiar with her work, I'd recommend starting with what she's done recently with The Security Project or start wit Find Me.  Way cool. :)

Happy is good but those who like Tori and Kate should really check out Emily Bezar. She really sounds like a cross between Kate and Tori and I mean that quite literally. It's pretty amazing how she sounds so much like both and yet has her own sound too. http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=9076
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Tori Amos. Although I liked Vega's first album when it came out, her voice to me soon started to sound really boring. 
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Originally posted by Morningrise Morningrise wrote:

Tori Amos by a landslide





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btw...I saw her do this live in South Bend, Indiana many many years ago.


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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

I honestly haven't gotten to know Vega but Tori on the other hand has but out a lot of stuff I rank as great.  On the level Kate Bush.  Fans of both should really check out Happy Rhodes.  If you aren't familiar with her work, I'd recommend starting with what she's done recently with The Security Project or start wit Find Me.  Way cool. :)
I liked what I heard on a cursory listen (Happy Rhodes), will check out more at length from work today.  
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Whats interesting if one is able to pick it up when listening. Is that Vega, before she became an artist, and before she majored in british litterature, she was classickly trained dancer (ballet). One can almost sence hat in how the songs unconsciously have an elegance and sometimes swiftness. She almost never loos composure in her chill voice, but when she does, it startles. Shes also quite influenced by Leonard Cohan and befriended Lou Reed.
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Tori Amos by a landslide
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I have found when it comes to some artists you really can't pick one over the other.  
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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I honestly haven't gotten to know Vega but Tori on the other hand has but out a lot of stuff I rank as great.  On the level Kate Bush.  Fans of both should really check out Happy Rhodes.  If you aren't familiar with her work, I'd recommend starting with what she's done recently with The Security Project or start wit Find Me.  Way cool. :)
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I seem to have grown out of enjoying Tori Amos and her histrionics and sligthtly in to Suzanne Vega - who seem to be musically more interesting than I originally thought.
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Yes, that's a good way to put it.  And some of her lyrics are very pointy.
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Originally posted by Snicolette Snicolette wrote:

Nice song, but I find Tori edgier....Sometimes Tori gets a little screechy, though, and Suzanne does not.  Both are fine writers.  I was at a Tori soundcheck for a Fillmore show back in '98, she was having so much fun playing with her vocals and the acoustics in the room (not screechiness)....Fun memory.


Though I am not familiar with all of their output, I have heard enough from these two excellent singer-songwriters to agree with you about Tori being edgier. Suzanne sounds almost polite, even when she sings about disturbing topics (as in "Luka"), while Tori can get definitely wacky.
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Nice song, but I find Tori edgier....Sometimes Tori gets a little screechy, though, and Suzanne does not.  Both are fine writers.  I was at a Tori soundcheck for a Fillmore show back in '98, she was having so much fun playing with her vocals and the acoustics in the room (not screechiness)....Fun memory.

Edited by Snicolette - February 11 2019 at 14:29
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In Liverpool is a very good song that have a fantatic chorus
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I have not, will check them out.  Starting out, Suzanne Vega used to play some of the little clubs that a woman that I used to manage played in Chicago, where they are both from, so I was familiar with her early on.  There was a nice upsurge of singer-songwriters right around then.
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Tori.....
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Originally posted by Snicolette Snicolette wrote:

I enjoy both (I love singer/songwriter types, when they are so good at their craft as these two, but love Tori more.  I have a beautiful signed outtake photo-poster of hers from Choirgirl Hotel and always enjoyed her live shows.
have you heard Suzanne Vegas album number three (3), "Days of Open Hand", the two first albums are quite dominant and strong so one forgets the albums sucxeding them. Also album 99.9f is also very different and less acoustic more digital.
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I enjoy both (I love singer/songwriter types, when they are so good at their craft as these two, but love Tori more.  I have a beautiful signed outtake photo-poster of hers from Choirgirl Hotel and always enjoyed her live shows.

Edited by Snicolette - February 11 2019 at 07:09
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